The Summer of ’69 was written by Canadian Bryan Adams and Jim Wallace. The two songwriters dispute the meaning of the title: Vallance mischievously maintains it refers to a sexual position whilst Adams asserts that it simply refers to the year 1969. Said to be inspired by the Beatles song Strawberry Fields Forever, about young people aspiring to becoming musicians, this is seen as a quintessential summer song and remains popular today.

Click/tap the play button below the image to hear Charlie Macdonald reviving that great 1985 song: Summer of ’69.